[coder2]

The accent of MN ??? HUH ???

Sorry, as a native Minnesotan, Jesse doesn't talk like anyone else I know.

[johnb838]

It's not just the accent... it's that his nose has been broken so many times that air cannot pass through it. It is the standard voice of the ex-pug. Ironic that a 'nasal' voice means that the nasal passages are NOT involved.

[wordweaver]

The accent of MN ??? HUH ???

Sorry, as a native Minnesotan, Jesse doesn't talk like anyone else I know.

I agree - Jesse's voice/accent stands alone.

And, really, thank God. I can't stand his voice either. It just grates on me. I don't/won't listen to his radio show because of it (OK, that and the fact that he's a self-serving politician....)

I believe that native-born Minnesotan's tend to be "accent-less" (which is why the Networks love to recruit television journalists from the midwest - they're easier to understand).